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The West Ham Breakdown
A weekly podcast exploring the tactics and data behind every West Ham match. Featuring Jack Elderton and Callum Goodall. Brought to you by Analytics United.
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#89 That Sinking Feeling
Find out more about the Stay Tuned campaign with CALM here: https://tilt.fyi/mOy6uJwuy0 Cal and Darcy break down yet another Hammers' loss at the London…
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#88 Where Do We Go Now?
Find out more about the Stay Tuned campaign with CALM here: https://tilt.fyi/mOy6uJwuy0 Jack and Cal break down the Hammers' loss in the London Derby, West Ham…
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#87 Deforestation
Find out more about the Stay Tuned campaign here: https://tilt.fyi/mOy6uJwuy0 Jack and Cal break down the Hammers' first win of the Premier League season…
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#86 Repeated Failings
Jack and Darcy break down West Ham 1-5 Chelsea at the London Stadium, a second huge Premier League defeat in a row for Graham Potter's side as the horror start…
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#85 Shock and Awe
Jack and Cal break down Sunderland 3-0 West Ham, as the Hammers and Graham Potter lose their first Premier League fixture of the season at the Stadium of…
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#84 Why Mads Hermansen Is The Goalkeeper West Ham Needed
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's latest move in the transfer market, signing Danish goalkeeper Mads Hermansen from Leicester City, discussing why signing a…
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#83 Diamonds Are Forever
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 0-2 win against Bournemouth in the Premier League Summer Series, discussing how the Hammers managed to pull off the win, El…
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#82 Man Utd 2-1 West Ham: What Did We Learn?
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 2-1 loss to Manchester United in the Premier League Summer Series, discussing the 3-5-2 set up, whether it's usage again…
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#81 Why West Ham Signed Kyle Walker-Peters
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's newest signing, Kyle Walker-Peters on a free transfer after his contract at Southampton expired in this summer. They discuss…
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#80 El Hadji Malick Diouf Signs
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#79 West Ham's Transfer Target Problem
West Ham's summer transfer window has been a slow one so far. As the Hammers' Premier League competition make key signings, including players the Analytics…
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#78 Keep, Loan or Sell? (Summer 2025)
Cal and Darcy break down West Ham's potential summer transfer dealings, going through each player currently in the senior squad and discussing whether they…
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#77 Can West Ham’s Youth & Loanees Help Graham Potter?
Cal and Darcy break down the players who spent the 2024/25 season out on loan, as well as some of the highly rated youth prospects currently plying their trade…
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#76 West Ham’s Summer Blueprint: Building a Graham Potter Squad
Cal and Darcy break down the West Ham squad going into what is shaping up to be one of the most important summer transfer windows in the recent history of the…
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#75 End of Season Awards and Review 2024-25
Cal, Darcy and Charlie review West Ham's torrid 2024-25 Premier League season, talking how and why the season has gone as poorly as it has, Julen Lopetegui's…
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#74 Turn The Page
Cal and Darcy break down West Ham's final Premier League game of the season, the 1-3 win against Ipswich, discussing Jarrod Bowen showing just how good he can…
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#73 Same As It Ever Was
Cal and Darcy break down West Ham's 1-2 loss to Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, discussing using the same set up against Forest as Graham Potter did…
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#72 Reasons To Be Cheerful
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 0-2 win against Manchester United in the Premier League, discussing how Graham Potter set the Hammers up, just how…
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#71 Cresswell the Redeemer
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 1-1 draw with Tottenham in the Premier League, discussing how Graham Potter the side set up, controlling the game vs…
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#70 Collective Amnesia
Jack and Darcy break down West Ham's gutting 3-2 loss away to Brighton in the Premier League after conceding yet more late goals from Kaoru Mitoma and Carlos…
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#69 Anatomy of a Fall
Jack and Darcy break down West Ham's 1-1 draw with Southampton, discussing how the Hammers set up, how and why Potter changed tactics throughout the game, what…
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#68 Is Potter Finding the Formula?
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down Liverpool 2-1 West Ham, a hard-fought loss for the Hammers away at Anfield which took the Reds one step closer to the…
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#67 The Füllkrug Effect
Cal and Darcy break down West Ham 2-2 Bournemouth in the Premier League, discussing a game of mixed performances from both sides, West Ham's continued…
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#66 Rebuilding Confidence
Jack and Cal break down West Ham 1-1 Everton in the Premier League, discussing whether the draw was the right result, what changed in the second half to give…
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#65 Never In It, Never Out of It
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 0-1 loss to Newcastle, discussing Graham Potter and Eddie Howe's tactical approaches to the game, why the result differed…
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#64 Who Stays, Who Goes?
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 2-0 win over Leicester City, the first time the Hammers have won back to back Premier League games in a…
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#63 Back to Basics and Brilliance
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 0-1 win away to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium, discussing Jarrod Bowen's goal and the Hammers' playing a…
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#62 How Far Behind Are West Ham?
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 0-1 loss to Brentford in the Premier League, where a disastrous fist half at the London Stadium saw Graham…
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#61 It's Fergie Time
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 2-1 loss to Chelsea in the Premier League, where Jarrod Bowen returned to action early from his broken foot…
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#60 A Whole New World
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down Aston Villa 1-1 West Ham in the Premier League at Villa Park, a game where injuries stopped Graham Potter and Unai…
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#59 Back Down to Earth
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham 0-2 Crystal Palace in the Premier League at the London Stadium, a game where Graham Potter's side looked…
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#58 We Are So Back
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down Graham Potter's first Premier League game in charge of West Ham, a 3-2 win over Fulham at the London Stadium…
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#57 What Graham Potter’s Arrival Means for West Ham
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down Graham Potter's appointment as West Ham United manager, talking what went wrong for Julien Lopetegui, how he differs…
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#56 New Year, Same West Ham
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 4-1 loss to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in the Premier League, talking the Hammer's mistakes in…
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#55 Battered, Bruised and Frankly, Bored
Jack Elderton and Darcy Cox break down West Ham's 0-5 loss to Liverpool at the London Stadium, asking whether this team is uncoachable, whether the squad is…
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#54 Winter Slumberland
Cal Goodall and Darcy Cox break down West Ham's 1-1 draw with Brighton at the London Stadium in the Premier League, talking the Hammers' struggles and tactical…
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#53 A Tale Of Two Halves
Cal Goodall and Darcy Cox break down West Ham's 1-1 draw with Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium in the Premier League, talking the Hammers' development…
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#52 Always Loved VAR
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanders at the London Stadium in the Premier League, talking the Hammers' poor…
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#51 Set-piece Setbacks Cause Chaotic Collapse
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 2-5 loss to Arsenal at the London Stadium in the Premier League, talking yet another heavy defeat to a Top…
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#50 Lopetegui Finally Finds Winning Formula
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 0-2 win over Newcastle at St. James' Park, talking the Hammers' new look midfield, returning to a lower…
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#49 A Plea for Personality
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall break down West Ham's 0-0 draw with Everton at the London Stadium, talking the Hammers being more direct and having less…
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#48 Lopetegui's Lost Lads
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall discuss West Ham's 3-0 loss to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground, the fourth time this season Julen Lopetegui's side have…
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#47 Summerville Show Sinks Ten Hag
Jack Elderton and Cal Goodall discuss West Ham's 2-1 victory in the Premier league over Manchester United at the London Stadium, a pivotal win in Julen…
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#46 Two Halves, No Whole
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 4-1 loss to Spurs in the Premier League at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, discussing whether Julen Lopetegui's tactics are…
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#45 The Ones You Expect
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 4-1 win in the Premier League at home to Ipswich at the London Stadium, discussing the Hammers' in-possession improvements…
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#44 Simplicity & Soucek
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 1-1 draw in the Premier League away to Brentford at the Gtech Community Stadium, discussing Julen Lopetegui's more simple…
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#43 Icing The Cake Before Baking It
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 0-3 loss at the London Stadium to Chelsea in the Premier League. They discuss the Hammer's problematic numbers compared to…
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#42 High Line, Hard Lessons
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 1-1 draw away to Fulham in the Premier League. They discuss Julen Lopetegui's starting 11 and the difference between the…
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#41 Freakishly Good
Jack and Cal break down West Ham's 1-3 loss to Manchester City in the Premier League. They discuss how, despite Pep Guardiola's side being the best in a…
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#40 Lopetegui's First Win
Jack and Cal breakdown West Ham's first win of the season, beating Crystal Palace away at Selhurst Park 0-2. They discuss Max Kilman's brilliant start to his…
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#39 The Midfield Problem
Jack and Cal breakdown West Ham's Premier League opening day fixture, a 1-2 loss to Aston Villa, the Hammers' ineffective midfield, Lopetegui's use of Soucek…
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#38 New Beginnings
Jack and Cal discuss West Ham's latest signings, Jean-Clair Todibo and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, the Hammers' triumphant Betway Cup game against Celta Vigo as well as…
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#37 We're Signing Everyone
Jack is joined by Charlie and Darcy while Cal is on holiday for an emergency pod to discuss three big new signings at West Ham! Please do leave us a review and…
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#36 Why Wan-Bissaka and Duran?
Jack and Cal discuss close links to Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jhon Duran and explore why these two became top targets for the right-back and striker roles. Please…
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#35 Max Kilman Signs
Jack and Cal discuss West Ham's latest signings, Max Kilman and Luis Guilherme, and look at how the pair will fit into Lopetegui's squad for the 2024-25…
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#34 The Final Squad Overview
Jack and Cal talk through the West Ham squad as it is, look at where every player has improved (or otherwise) over the course of the 2023-24 season, and use an…
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#33 Building Lopetegui's Squad
After speeding through a very brief overview of some target players in #31, Jack and Cal discuss those players (and others) in more depth before answering any…
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#32 End of Season Awards 2023-24
Jack and Cal reflect on the 2023-24 season in full and decide on final awards for Player of the Season, Moment of the Season, Game of the Season and more…
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#31 What Does Success Look Like for Lopetegui?
Jack and Cal discuss West Ham's 3-1 win over Luton Town in David Moyes' final game at the London Stadium before answering your questions about Julen Lopetegui…
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#30 Who Is Julen Lopetegui?
Cal and Jack reflect on the highlights of Moyes' tenure before discussing his expected replacement, Julen Lopetegui. Please do leave us a review and subscribe…